A man playing Call of Duty was interrupted when his neighbor’s house exploded

One street resident said the sound of the explosion “continued”

A man said his Call of Duty game turned into “real life” when a house next door suddenly exploded. Today (Thursday, November 28) at approximately 12.43 p.m. in a two-story building on Benedict Street, Bootle exploded, leaving residents who heard a “loud bang” wondering if “a truck had fallen out of the sky.”

After the arrival of the fire brigade, it turned out that the terraced house was on fire. Four firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the property and saved two people who were conscious and breathing. Another two people were already outside the property. Three of them were taken to hospital.

A section of Benedict Street was cordoned off for several hours while Cadent and Merseyside Fire and Rescue units investigated the scene. Shocked neighbors watched as broken glass and debris littered the road. One man who lives just a few houses from the site of the explosion said: “I was playing the new Call of Duty when it became real life. I thought a wardrobe had fallen, heard a commotion and looked outside. It was hard not to notice it. to hear.”

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Another man added that the sound of the explosion was “sustained” and “lingering.” The woman said she saw “a lot of people running from the property” and one man said he “thought a truck fell out of the sky” before hearing “screaming” outside. He added that it was “fortunate” that most children went to school.

Just after 12:30 p.m. one of the women heard a “big bang.” She told the ECHO: “I heard a bang but I thought it was the guys working on the street. Then I checked the Ring Doorbell and saw a fire truck coming down the street.

“I went outside and saw a lot of people walking by, so I walked down the street and saw that the front of the house had been blown off. It was shocking.

She said emergency services were on the scene very quickly and added: “One ambulance arrived, then more arrived. It looks like someone was taken to the hospital.”

A statement from Merseyside Fire and Rescue said: “Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service is attending to an accident on Benedict Street, Bootle.

“Crews were alerted at 12:43 a.m. to a report of an explosion and arrived on scene at 12:49 a.m. Currently, three fire trucks are working on site.

“Crews arrived on scene to find a two-story downstairs apartment on fire. Four firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the building and rescued two people who were conscious and breathing. Another two people have already left the property.

“The gas and electricity were cut off and the fire was extinguished. The four people involved were handed over to the North West Ambulance Service for checking and three of them were taken to hospital. Cadent engineers are carrying out tests at the scene of the incident affecting the property and neighboring properties.”